Pool-board.



C. H. DAVlS. PGOL BOARD. APPLICATION mm JAN-8.1916.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

CHARLES HENRY DAVIS, OF RUSI-IWORTI-I, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

POOL-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed January 8, 1916. Serial No. 71,057.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES HENRY DAVIS, a subject of the King of. Great Britain and Ireland, &c., residing at Rushworth, in the State of Victoria, Commonwealth o'f Australia,,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pool-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a, full, clear and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved score board or apparatus for pool and other games, and is of that kind by which the ex change, loss, or mislaying of the marbles, and the exposure of them to persons who should not know the numbers thereon are avoided. In this specification the word marble will equally mean any ball or indicator appropriate to the game to be played. Any player can examine his marble at any time, but will not retain it in his possession. At the game end any player can look at'a winners marble, so that confidence in the result will be promoted. In using such an apparatus it is desirable that time shall be saved, so that the convenience of the players shall be promoted, and the earning power of the establishment having the pool board increased; and with that in view I provide special arrangements forgathering the mar-- bles at the end of a game into a bottle. I provide also a special device for holding marbles which, during a game, are set out of use. On all pool boards there is a surface to receive the score.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my apparatus with its score receiving board removed, the marble receiving bottle being shown. Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing the apparatus with the score receiving board or front plate in use. At the top of the apparatus there is shown in vertical section, a movable bar containing pockets intowhich-marbles. will be placed. At the left of this figure the said bar is in normal playing position, but at the right it is in the temporary position in which' it will be pushed when a game is ended. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of some details, and Fig. 4 shows, on a larger scale, a horizontal section of other details. Various parts of Figs; 1 to 3 are omitted to allow these figures to be included on one sheet of regulation ,size. Fig. 3 is modified fromFigs. 1 and 2.

by a

.players score member or the bar 9. by a pin a after belngraised,

In these drawings, a indicates a score receiving plate or board of any suitable shape,

size and material, as'wood or slate, divided into columns 6, adapted to be headed person 111 attendanceas a billiard marker-from time to time to distinguish i the different players by' initials, names, numbers, or so on. Thus, in a headline c, the names Tom, Bob, and Alf in Fig. 2 indicate several players by way of example. As example of pool scores,-which will ordinarily in practice'be chalked on,is shown, 7

in which, provided the marble of Tom is numbered 16, he is a winner. marked as having failed to score. here with which the marbles will appear on the board at d. f' a The apparatus can be attached where required as by means of eye plates 9 on its frame, and possessesbesides a head, sides be marked a base and a back q the said front board a being either fixed in place ormovable to expose the interior; The whole thus forms a hollow box whichis narrow from front to rear, and the interior of which I use.

ber at having a frontal lip, and extending overthe board a horizontally. Above member a is a slidable bar g, adapted to act as a I This bar has a series of open topped pockets h, each for marble receiver and releaser.

one marble, and sufficient in number to allow .of the maximum number of players for notes the number and then the said marble i is J The num- The apparatus head includes afixed memis dropped into the correct pocket of bar g,

that 1s the column b[ Thus the marble m in Fig. 2' is Bobs. used in practice areomitted from the drawing. If a player desires his marble shown him during the game, then the attendant must return it to the removed it to show him accordingly. 7

Each pocket Jr has a frontal outlet 9 The other marbles pocket from which he pocket immediately over the which is normally kept closed by a movable I gate a, which may be pivoted to and as soon as released it will drop back again, in my preferredconstruction. Each he member carrying the lip n, and normally these bottoms support the series of marbles in the series of pockets. Between successive bottoms 7a are apertures or spaces m, so that when the bar 9 has been moved longitudinally to its releasing position (at the right in Fig. 2) each pocket It is bottomless, being over an aperture m. Thus the marbles in all the pockets drop into the interior of the apparatus.

The dropped marbles are received upon a conducting surface formed by an inclined partition (shown with a groove j, which is quite optional and a minor detail) on which they roll or slide to a passage or funnel 0, which is over the mouth of a re ceiving bottle 39. The ends of the bar 9 are marked 2'.

To insure the correct placing of the bottle there is a gap or recess 70 of appropriate shape, provided alongside a lower corner part of the board a, which is shown cut to have an edge y, to allow of the bottle being insertible only in the right position for receiving the marbles. The bottle is at will removed by hand. The base of the recess is the bottle support. The funnel or passage 0, and the recess p can be formed by ing movement of the bar 9, it

fixing mside the apparatus partitions or studs 0 and f between the front board a and the back one Q3. To allow of, and yet to limit to what suits the pockets, the slidhas means as slots 8, through which extend from the ledge 92 posts 8 and to prevent movement of the bar 5/ while a game is in progress there is a keeper. As shown in Figs. 1 and t the keeper t is slotted at t and is housed in a hole 9 in the bar 9, and its complete withdrawal is prevented by a pin w which is inserted in the bar 5 and except at its ends, is within the slot 25 withdrawing the keeper sufficiently, in the direction of the arrow, it leaves the bar 9 slidable as de scribed. Upon the transverse lip 'n' is a series of inclined channels Z3 leading from the respective pocket outlets 9 When, by raising a gate, a marble which rested against the gate interior is caused to leave its pocket k, that marble will fall into any hand which may be held at the outer end of the channel used.

In playing pool it often happens that several marbles have to be set aside and that there is not a convenient place for them. But I provide one or more inlet apertures r in the framing, so that the surplus marbles can be inserted into one or more receiving chambers between the front and back plates of the apparatus.

1 is a sloping base of a chamber, formed as by providing a member 1. The chamber has an exit 1", closed normally by any suitable means as a plate 1. I have ordinarily sufficient chambers (of small size as at r in introduced at r.

as the base of a marble chamber, and having a projection 1' by depressing or moving which the marble can be caused to roll or drop out of hole 1" into the markers hand.

Instead of a tiltable base, a slidable one to draw out could be used, or any other suitable form of recess made. It is made easy to move the plate W, as by swinging it to one side, to recover whatever marbles have been bottle is intended to include any suitable vessel.

the entry of another player In my claims the word 7 Havingdescribed this invention, what is claimed by Letters Patent is 1. In an apparatus of the character de- 1 scribed, the combination with a box or casing having a head provided with a plurality of openings, of a slidable bar arranged over said head and provided with a plurality of V ball-receiving pockets adapted to coincide with the openings in the head when the said bar is operated as described, a ball conductor arranged within the casing and adapted to receive the balls falling through the open ings in the head, and means arranged within the casing to form a funnel into which the balls are conducted by the said conductor and a receptacle arranged to receive the balls passing downwardly through the funnel.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a box or casing having a head provided with a plurality of openings, of a slidable bar arranged over said head andprovided witha plurality of ball-receiving pockets adapted to coincide with the openings in the head when the said bar is operated as described, each of said pockets being open at the top and having a f frontal outlet, a pivotal gate adapted to close. the frontal outlet of each pocket, a ball conductor arranged within the casing and adapted to receive the balls falling through the openings in the head, and means arranged within the caslng to form a funnel 7 into which the balls are conducted by the said conductor, and a receptacle arranged to receive the balls passing downwardly through the funnel. V

i 3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with abox or casing having a head provided with a plurality of openings, of a slidable bar arranged over said head and provided with a plurality of ball-receiving pockets adapted to coincide with the openings in the head when the said bar is operated as described, means for limiting the sliding movement of the slidable bar, means for locking the said bar against movement, a ballconductor arranged within the casing and adapted to receive the balls falling through the openings in the head, means arranged within the casing to form a funnel into which the balls are conductedby the said conductor, and a receptacle arranged to receive the balls passing downwardly through the funnel.

at. In an apparatus of the character clescribed, the combination with a box or casing having a head provided with a plurality of openings, of a slidable bar arranged over said head and provided with alplurality of ball-receiving pockets adapted to coincide with the openings in the head when the said bar is operated as described, means for limiting the sliding movement of said bar comprising a post on the head projecting within a slot in the slidable bar, means for locking the bar immovable when desired comprising a keeper provided with a slot andmovably arranged within a recess in the bar, said keeper being adapted to occupy a position transversely of the slot in the bar adjacent the aforesaid post, a ball conductor arranged within the casing and adapted to receive the balls falling through the openings in the head, means arranged within the casing to form a funnel into which the balls are conducted by the said conductor, and a receptacle arranged to receive the balls passing downwardly through the funnel.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a box or casing having a head provided with a plurality of openings, of a slidable bar provided with a plurality of ball-receiving pockets adapted to coincide with the openings in the head when the said bar is operated as described,

an inclined conducting surface arranged in the casing to receive the balls falling through the openings in the head, partitions arranged within the casing to form a passage for the balls falling from the said inclined conducting surface and also to form a recess, and-a the the casing to form ball-receiving receptacle arranged in said recess to receive the balls falling downwardly through the said passage. V 6. In an apparatus of the character describe the combination with a box or casing having a head of openings and a lip having a pluralityof inclined channels, of a slidable bar arranged over said head and provided with a plurality of ball-receiving pockets adapted to coin? cide with the openings in the head when the said bar is operated as described, and said pockets having frontal outlets adapted 'to conduct balls onto the aforesaid inclined channels, a ball conductor arranged Within the casing and adapted to receive the balls falling through the openings in the head,

provided with a plurality V means arranged within the casing to form a I 7. -n an apparatus of the character de-J scribed, the combination with a box or casing having a head provided with a plurality of openings, and one of the side walls of easing being provided with a series of apertures, and a pivotal ball-receiving member arranged within each of said apertures and adapted to be tilted to discharge a ball through an aperture 'exteriorly of the cas-' ing,'of a slidable bar arranged over said head and provided with a plurality of ballreceiving pockets adaptedto coincide with the openings in the head operated as described, a ball conductor arranged within the casing and adapted to receive the balls falling through the openings in the head, means arranged within a funnel into which the balls are conducted by the said conductor, and a receptacle arranged to receive the balls passing downwardly through the funnel.

In witness my hand.

CHARLES HENRY DAVIS.

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